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The GoHUNTn Line–The Best Trophies and Hunting News: Record Whitetails, Gigantic Gators, and More!

There are a lot of awesome posts on GoHUNTn throughout the week. Here are 10 of our most popular GoHUNTn updates from the past week: Was a New Non-Typical Whitetail Downed on Minnesota’s Opening Day? – It didn’t take long for a new record in Minnesota Hunter Nabs Record Gator in Arkansas – Amazing alligator from the [...]

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Is Conservation the Most Important Issue for Sportsmen this Election?

We are just 41 days from electing a new President of the United States. And there are plenty of very important issues facing Americans as the ready themselves for the polls The National Wildlife Federation set out to find out just what was most important to hunters and anglers this November. They surveyed 800 voters [...]

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Unprecedented Sportsmen’s Act Passes U.S. Senate

We have been tracking the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 all year, and the massive measure has just passed the U.S. Senate. Introduced by Sen. John Tester of Montana, the 84-to-7 vote in favor of moving to vote on passage after recess reflects the broad support of these conservation, hunting and fishing provisions, writes Ducks Unlimited [...]

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Upland Bird Hunting at the TRCP’s Media Summit at the High Lonesome Ranch

There’s a lot of huge topics being discusses at the High Lonesome Ranch this week at the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership‘s Western Media Summit, but every morning starts out with getting out in the field and seeing why we are all in this battle to conserve our fish and wildlife habitats. Today, I headed out [...]

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Wildlife Management on Private Lands Gets Federal Boost

GoHUNTn has the honor of being at the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership’s Western Media Summit at the impressive High Lonesome Ranch. And, the speakers and news are just as impressive. Last night, two heads of federal agencies from two different federal departments came together to announce a huge agreement to help wildlife management on private [...]

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The GoHUNTn Line–The Best Trophies and Hunting News: TV Host Big Buck Crime, First Trophies of 2012

There are a lot of awesome posts on GoHUNTn throughout the week. Here are 10 of our most popular GoHUNTn updates from the past week: Television Host Facing Hunting Violations in Kansas – Was this big buck worth it? First Booner of the Season? 250-Inch Non-Typical Bagged in Kentucky – It’s big buck season! Boone and Crockett [...]

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Federal Government Expands Hunting Access in 14 States

The National Wildlife Refuge System is one of the biggest government programs for hunters, with all of them doing great work in preserving wildlife, and many of them giving access to hunters. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has rolled out this year’s new regulations, and included in those regulations are expanding hunting in 16 [...]

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Florida Amping Up Panther Project

While states in the west are always dealing with cougar problems as those populations grow, and Florida wants to make their panthers and their people have limited interactions as those panther populations try to expand. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is partnering with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help develop their [...]

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4-Month Old Black Bear Cub Suffers Burns from Idaho Forest Fire

When Boo Boo was found, he was clinging to a Douglas fir 15 miles downriver from where the Middle Fork Salmon River and main Salmon River meet in the Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho. He hadn’t eaten for four days, and his paws were severely burned. According to the Daily Mail, with his mother no where to [...]

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Pronghorn Numbers Soar, Elk Numbers Fall in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

The wildlife around Jackson Hole, Wyoming is legendary, and there are near-record numbers of pronghorn summering there this year. According to Jackson Hole News and Guide, officials have counted the highest fawn ratios since modern record-keeping started in Jackson Hole. “It’s good news for the antelope here,” Game and Fish wildlife biologist Doug Brimeyer said of [...]

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